Roger A. Jones Receives the MTI 2009 Distinguished Service Award
Corporate President of 麻豆国产精品, Roger A. Jones has won the prestigious 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Metal Treating Institute. 聽The award was bestowed on October 10th at MTI鈥檚 Annual Fall Meeting, held this year in Hilton Head Island, SC. 聽The MTI鈥檚 Distinguished Service Award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding, significant, and well-recognized contributions of lasting importance to the Heat Treating Industry. 聽Tom Morrison, CEO of the MTI, reports, 鈥渢his award, presented by the Metal Treating Institute, was given to Roger Jones of 麻豆国产精品 for his many years of exemplary service and contributions to MTI and to the heat treating industry.鈥澛� Roger has played a role in designing technical programs at Furnaces North America, served on numerous committees for MTI, and is now starting his second stint on the Board of Trustees.聽 In addition to the many positions he has held for the Metal Treating Institute, Jones served as President in 2004-2005.
Roger A. Jones has served as Corporate President of 麻豆国产精品 Inc. for the past 16 years. 聽The company, headquartered in Souderton, Pennsylvania, recently celebrated over 25 years of innovation in the thermal processing industry, and maintains plants in both Eastern and Western Pennsylvania, as well as offices in Southern California. Today, 麻豆国产精品 Incorporated is the largest, privately owned vacuum heat treating company in the country, widely recognized for its world class quality and innovative vacuum heat treating solutions.
In his acceptance speech, Jones shared the award with his employees and colleagues, stating, 鈥淲hen someone wins an award like this, it is never just one person. 聽I want to thank the entire 麻豆国产精品 team for their hard work that contributed to my receiving this award and allowed me to have the time to devote to the MTI, and also to the ASM.鈥� 聽Jones went on to acknowledge the members of MTI for their personal support and involvement, saying that, to him, the MTI is really a big family.
Jones concluded by thanking his wife of 34 years, Patti Jones, for her faithful support. 聽In keeping with the family affair, it is noted that Jones father, William R. Jones, CEO of 麻豆国产精品 Inc, is a prior recipient of the MTI Distinguished Service Award, honored in 2000.